006B Berkeley Square Horror

Cryptid 006B, Berkeley Square Horror
A.K.A. The Beast of Berkeley Square, The Nameless Thing of Berkeley Square

Location: Berkeley Square (Duh), London England
Type: Although most define the creature as a deformed octopus many believe it's some kind of Ghost, or even a giant single-celled organism.

Evidence: Several sightings, and one thing most cryptids can't say they sport; several human multilations.

Possible Population size: One

My thoughts and theories:
Considered by most paranormal experts to fit more accurately into the realm of hauntings, the Nameless Thing of Berkeley Square has left behind tantalizing shreds of evidence - and more than one corpse - which suggests that the "ghost" which inhabits a room on the 4th floor in what has been referred to as "the most haunted house in London," may not really be a case of spiritual infestation at all, but rather a predatorial, cryptid phenomenon.
Accounts of the Thing date as far back as the early 1840's, though no one is exactly sure when the first confirmed sighting was. The creature has been described as an amorphous being, formless and slimy, which emits a "gruesome sloppy noise" when it moves. While accounts conflict regarding the actual shape and size of the beast, at least one eyewitness has included tentacles in his description of the creature, likening the beast to a small, viciously deformed octopus, which pulls itself across the floor, leaving a viscous trail in its wake. This description has led some researchers to speculate that the Thing may actually be some kind of "Freshwater Octopi" or amphibious, marine animal that managed to migrate from the Thames into London's subterranean sewer system, where it was able to infiltrate the Berkeley Square home via the plumbing. Other accounts calim that it's simply a living gelatinous blob, possibly some kind of giant ameboa-like creature that may have been mutated by the polluted London sewers.
There can be no doubt that 50 Berkeley Square can boast a horrific array of paranormal encounters (ranging from strange sounds reported by neighbors to the confirmed deaths of guests and domestic servants), but there is one confrontation which has become the benchmark of this legend. Although the details of this narrative have varied in minor degrees from one retelling to another, the core of the account has always remained the same:
In 1943 two sailors stayed in a room in the Berkeley Square Manor, and at least one of them was attacked and brutaly killed by the creature.
For the past 80 years the ground floor of the house on Berkeley Square has played host to an antique bookshop known as Maggs Brothers. Although there have been no reported sightings of the creature in the 20th century, this can easily be ascribed to the fact that if indeed this creature has oceanic roots, it has, in all likelihood, returned to the sea. Or - more chillingly perhaps - it and its offspring may still be lurking in the labyrinth of centuries old tunnels, which weave their way beneath Great Briton's relatively serene, capitol city.
Closing statement: I belive this creature to be real. Simple as that. The question in my mind is which explanation is true? Although far more intresting, the Over-grown Ameboa theroy seems to be the least likely. Despite this, there is more to this world than we know or ever will know, so the possibility still remains. Either way, a Cryptid that has actually attacked and killed people seems as if it should be a higher priority to science as well as security.

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